Supply, utilisation and outcome in hospital systems: An Anglo-Czech comparison

Health Policy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-187

  Forster, Donald P ^a   Frost, Brian ^b   Kamberská, Zuzana ^c   Holub, Jiří ^c  

^a Northumberland NE20 9DR ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bed utilisation determinants; Czechoslovakia; Discharge rates; England and Wales; Inter regional analysis; Quality of care; Standardised mortality ratios; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BED OCCUPANCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WALES;

EID: 0032743553     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(99)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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